The Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS) sought to answer questions about drug treatment efficacy and to describe client characteristics. The study was designed to provide (1) a 1990 cohort of clients to use as baseline for possible changes in treatment outcomes following increased funding to the national treatment system in the 1990s, (2) a before-to-after comparison to measure outcomes of treatment provided in 1990, (3) a follow-up of drug treatment clients five years after treatment to assess the level of sustained improvements in abstinence, and (4) a first look at multiple treatment episodes before and after treatment in a 1990 population.Part 1 is the Facility Director Interviews and covered topics such as facility staff and organization, revenue and charges, staff hours and compensation, costs, and program characteristics.Part 2 is the Client Records Abstractions Data, which examined the client records of 2,222 individuals discharged during 1989-1990. Information was abstracted on demographic characteristics of clients, criminal justice involvement, medical conditions, drug history including intravenous drug use, urine test results, drug treatment history, treatment services, and discharge and billing information.Part 3 consists of the Client Follow-Up Interviews, and was conducted during 1995 and 1996. This part covered the clients' entire life span, with special attention to their behavior and circumstances during the five years before entry to the index (SROS) treatment in 1989-1990 and after leaving that treatment until the time of the interview. Additional questions were asked on patterns of alcohol and drug consumption, criminal activity, employment, health, social support, and other behavior relevant to treatment goals. Drugs included cocaine, crack, heroin, nontreatment methadone, other opiates/synthetics, barbiturates, benzodiazapine, other sedatives/hypnotics, methamphetamines, other amphetamines, marijuana/hash/THC, PCP/LSD, other hallucinogens, inhalants, over-the-counter medications, and alcohol.

The Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS) sought to answer questions about drug treatment efficacy and to describe client characteristics. The study was designed to provide (1) a 1990 cohort of clients to use as baseline for possible changes in treatment outcomes following increased funding to the national treatment system in the 1990s, (2) a before-to-after comparison to measure outcomes of treatment provided in 1990, (3) a follow-up of drug treatment clients five years after treatment to assess the level of sustained improvements in abstinence, and (4) a first look at multiple treatment episodes before and after treatment in a 1990 population.

Part 1 is the Facility Director Interviews and covered topics such as facility staff and organization, revenue and charges, staff hours and compensation, costs, and program characteristics.

Part 3 consists of the Client Follow-Up Interviews, and was conducted during 1995 and 1996. This part covered the clients' entire life span, with special attention to their behavior and circumstances during the five years before entry to the index (SROS) treatment in 1989-1990 and after leaving that treatment until the time of the interview. Additional questions were asked on patterns of alcohol and drug consumption, criminal activity, employment, health, social support, and other behavior relevant to treatment goals. Drugs included cocaine, crack, heroin, nontreatment methadone, other opiates/synthetics, barbiturates, benzodiazapine, other sedatives/hypnotics, methamphetamines, other amphetamines, marijuana/hash/THC, PCP/LSD, other hallucinogens, inhalants, over-the-counter medications, and alcohol.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Universe:
(1) The 120 drug treatment facilities participating in
Phase II of the Drug Services Research Study (DSRS), and (2) the
clients discharged from those facilities in the 12 months ending
August 31, 1990.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Produced by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) in Chicago, IL.

Methodology

Sample:
A representative probability sample was drawn from a
comprehensive list of organized substance abuse treatment programs for
the Drug Services Research Study (DSRS). The DSRS collected basic
facility-level information and in Phase II successfully abstracted
2,222 client records of individuals discharged during 1989-1990 from
120 randomly-selected, cooperating treatment facilities. Program types
included hospital inpatient, residential, outpatient methadone, and
outpatient nonmethadone. The SROS was designed as a client outcome
study based on the DSRS program sample, and 99 of the original 120
treatment facilities participated in SROS (82.5 percent). Two client
samples were used: (1) the 1,706 clients discharged from these 99
Phase II DSRS facilities in the 12 months ending August 31, 1990,
whose client records were abstracted for the DSRS, and (2) a
supplemental sample of 1,341 clients discharged in the same time frame
from the 99 facilities. A total of 1,799 interviews were completed,
for a client response rate of 59 percent.

Weight:

Only Part 3: Client Follow-Up Interview Data
has weights in the data file.

Three separate weights were constructed for each observation (WT1, WT2, and WT3) to aid in the production of unbiased population estimates.

WT1 - deceased are treated as respondents

WT2 - deceased are treated as non-respondents

WT3 - deceased are treated as ineligible

WT3 was used in the client-level analyses done by NORC.

Data Source:

personal interviews, client records, and facility records

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Restrictions: Users are reminded by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration that these data are to be used solely
for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and
not for the investigation of specific individuals or organizations.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 2000-05-17

Version History:

2008-10-29 New files were added. These files included one or more of the following: Stata setup, SAS transport (CPORT), SPSS system, Stata system, SAS supplemental syntax, and Stata supplemental syntax files, and a tab-delimited ASCII data file.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

B47B TREATMENT HELP WITH NERVES/EM
Did the treatment or counseling you received at (PROGRAM
FROM B37/here) help you . . . in any way get help with
problems you had with your emotions, nerves, or mental
health?

G36 R SEEK HELP BEFORE PROGRAM
In the five years before [you went to (PROGRAM) in (START
DATE)/January 1990], did you see a doctor, nurse, counselor
or social worker for problems with your emotions, nerves, or
mental health?

G37 # OF TIMES R SOUGHT HELP
In the five years before [(START DATE)/January 1990],
altogether, how many times would you say (you saw a
doctor, nurse, counselor or social worker for problems
with your emotions, nerves, or mental health)?

G38 R SEEK HELP FOR PROBLEMS AFTER
After [you left (PROGRAM) in (END DATE)/January 1990] and
until now, have you seen a doctor, nurse or counselor or
social workers for problems with your emotions, nerves, or
mental health?

G39 # OF TIMES R SOUGHT HELP AFTER
After [(END DATE)/January 1990], and until now, how many
times (have you seen a doctor, nurse, counselor or social
worker about your emotions, nerves, or mental health)?

G41 # OF TIMES R SOUGHT HELP IN LA
From (MONTH YEAR AGO) 1994/1995 to now, how many times
(have you see a doctor, nurse, counselor or social worker
for problems with your emotions, nerves or mental health)?